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Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest Horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of theLambs. Behind the Horror dissects these and other bizarre tales to reveal haunting real-life stories of abduction, disappearance, murder, and exorcism"--
"Which case of demonic possession inspired...
Author
Series
Chicago saga volume 2
Publisher
Agora Books, an imprint of Polis Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A fabled lost movie. An increasing body count. How much do you risk for art? Paloma has been watching the Grand Vespertilio Show her entire life. Grand, America’s most beloved horror host showcases classic, low-budget and cult horror movies with a flourish, wearing his black tuxedo and hat, but Paloma has noticed something strange about Grand, stranger than his dark make-up and Gothic television set. After Paloma’s husband, a homicide detective,...
Author
Series
Billie B. Brown volume 10
Publisher
Bruño
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
In the first story Billy B. sees a horror movie with her friend Rebecca and Rebecca's older sisters and finds it scarier than she expected, while in the second, she tries to persuade her mother to let her have a pet.
Author
Language
English
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Description
On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. As he probes the strange circumstances surrounding Ashley's life and death, McGrath comes face-to-face with the legacy of her father, the legendary, reclusive cult-horror-film director Stanislas Cordova-- a man who hasn't been seen...
25) Room 237
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In 1980 Stanley Kubrick released his masterpiece of modern horror, The Shining. Over 30 years later we're still struggling to understand its hidden meanings. Rodney Ascher's wry and provocative documentary fuses fact and fiction through interviews with both fanatics and scholars, creating a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of Kubrick's still-controversial classic.
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This magnificent companion to The Art of Horror , from the same creative team behind that award-winning illustrated volume, looks at the entire history of the horror film, from the silent era right up to the latest releases and trends. Through a series of informative chapters and fascinating sidebars chronologically charting the evolution of horror movies for more than a century, profusely illustrated throughout with over 600 rare and unique images...
27) I kissed a girl
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"A warm, witty, and effortlessly charming LGBTQIA+ romcom with Young Adult crossover appeal. Lilah Silver is an up-and-coming actress who longs to break out from the B-rate horror flicks she's known for. When she gets the chance to star in her first lead role, she'll need some major help from makeup artist and special effects guru Noa Birnbaum to shine brighter than all the rest. But can the major chemistry brewing over long hours spent together ever...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A new analysis of the connection between the horror genre and the queer community. Queer for Fear is the groundbreaking empirical study of the LGBTQ+ community that not only documents the opinions, habits, and tastes of the horror-loving queer spectator but also evidences how and why queers have a distinctive relationship to the horror genre. This interdisciplinary book makes impactful contributions to the fields of queer, film, horror, trauma,...
29) Sleep tight
Series
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
Español
Description
Toiling silently amongst the residents of an everyday Barcelona apartment building, doorman Cesar harbors a dark secret: his sole desire in life is to make others unhappy. When he sets his sights on Clara, one of his building's cheeriest residents, his sick need blossoms into a full-fledged obsession. Embarking on a series of private and physical violations against Clara, Cesar becomes determined to ruin her life by any means necessary.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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Description
Clear Rivers, the only surviving passenger of the ill-fated Flight 180, is certain Death will claim her. Kim, who has begun to display precognitive powers, is driving along the highway when she has a vision involving a terrible highway accident. Moments later the accident occurs, but Kim has saved herself and seven others from death. She inadvertently has put a rift in Death's design. Now Death will track down the souls he meant to take that day....
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"1968: Actress Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom. Unfortunately, she's on the cusp of slipping into obscurity. When she's offered the lead in a radical new horror film, Gemma believes her luck has finally changed. But L'Etrange Lune's set is not what she expected. The director is eccentric, and the script doesn't make sense. Gemma is determined to make this work. It's her last chance to achieve her dream-but that dream is about to derail her life....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Erin and her friend, love the Shocker on Shock Street horror movies and all the gory monsters that Erin's dad creates for the Shocker Movie Studios. Her dad invites the girls to be the first to ride the new Shocker tour ride. Prepare for a scare!
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of The Exorcist, this tribute to the movie that both inspired and transcends the modern horror genre reveals the complete story of this culture phenomenon, starting with the real-life exorcism in 1949 Maryland that inspired the best-selling novel on which the film is based.
"Since 1973, The Exorcist and its progeny have scared and inspired half a century of filmgoers. Now, on the 50th anniversary...
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
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Description
Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately,...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Olivia plans to spend her summer in the Catskills, binge-watching horror movies and chatting with her online friend Elm, but things get complicated when she sends Elm her best friend's picture and she runs into the last person she thought she would ever see in real life.
38) The Mummy
Language
English
Formats
Description
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess, whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in the current day. Her malevolence, grown over millennia, unleashes terrors that defy human comprehension.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Language
English
Description
This story is based on events which occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Distraught by the sudden, tragic death of his wife, a journalist finds himself mysteriously drawn to a small West Virginia town when his car inexplicably strands him. He soon learns that many of the town's residents have been beset by bizarre events, including sightings of an eerie "moth-like" entity, an entity similiar to the one seen by his late wife.
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"The Black Guy Dies First explores the Black journey in modern horror cinema, from the fodder epitomized by Spider Baby to the Oscar-winning cinematic heights of Get Out and beyond. This eye-opening book delves into the themes, tropes, and traitsthat have come to characterize Black roles in horror since 1968, a year in which race made national headlines in iconic moments from the enactment of the 1968 Civil Rights Act and Martin Luther King...
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